UMECUnited Mining Exploration Commission: A group of friends playing JumpGate-- "a MMORPG that launched smoothly, breaks from fantasy character setting, emphasizes PvP, and is the first persistent world space simulator that nobody talks about." ~Scorch

Being the cheapscate that I am, Id like to check out Eve for free before I start paying.

They have trial accounts, but (apparently) only if a buddy already in the game does the referral.

So, Im looking for a buddy referral :P

Given I dont even know how Eve handles a rather slower than normal ping - at least im down to 250ms on connections to the US vs the 650 ms I had before to the JG servers... But still thats pretty big - id appreciate being able to get a sense for how it will pan out before fronting my CCard...

I am assuming its email based, in which case, make sure to use
chris.becke@derivco.com NOT the microgaming.com address if you happen to find that one first. That address gets eaten by a blackhole nowadays :/

wtf!?!?! i get an invalid checksum right after the patch download and install!!! stupid freaking game, it's as bad to get working as logging in on EU's jumpgate server.

*sigh* anyways, i checked out 'Support' and they said i need PatchIt.exe (injoke)...so i go [url=http://support.eve-online.com/cgi-bin/eve_online.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=l3yThF6h&p_lva=&p_faqid=413&p_created=1052252941&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1pbnZhbGlkIGNoZWNrLXN1bSZwX2NhdF9sdmwxPX5hbnl_JnBfY2F0X2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=]here[/url] and found whatever version was in my ccp/eve/cache folder and replaced my buggy DL and executed the second DL which gave me the same FUCKING error! I even tried applying in SafeMode...grrrrrrr....So i give the hell up and download the current full version